The first inspection of the desk.
This was so important for us, some times I forgot to take pictures for the buildlog.
Here are the first issues I walked into, we're human too
(All these things have been changed in the new design)

Again this is a real old design of the legs, still had to test some stuff for the acrylic.

A weld at the top of the desk .. oops, the cover wont fit like this..

And a funny one .. the holes and grommets for tube or fillports to big.
This should have been changed but slipped through.

Without a grommet the fillports fall through.

I'll find something on that for now.

Also a funny one, after assembling the supports they aren't horizontal.

PSU mount fits almost every PSU ... except this one .

HDD trays really look good, personally won't use them in this build.

When I removed them.. oops .. no covers.

Also raised all fan/rad holes, more space for cable management.

And me as the only European in the team.
Off course the other side of PSU plug fits, but for in case people want to have their power socket inside.
Sometimes pretty exhausting... "what if they"...

Personally going to use these instead of the PSU mount. Less noise and easy to move.
We will supply these too.

Inspecting the desk, best is to just start building a pc inside.
So lets start with the fans and rads.
For this setup I needed over 160 bolts and nuts

Back rads.

Side rads.

Lighting not overdone, I like the Cooler Master fans.

Another way to feed your PC.

Lets take care of some working light

And installing some grommets.

Here I was still planning to do a single pc build, still had all the space for 2 fan controllers.

Pump controller from previous project for the looks

Rads seem to be brown with flasher on.

Had a spare fanguards, might be nice to keep it there.

This is something I'm REALLY happy with in the design.
In my previous desk it took me dozens of hours cause I didn't have this.

The first cables.

The bridge also has mounting options for 12x2.5" HDD/SSD.
Personally I'm not going to hide them.

And the rubbertape for under the glass panel that will be used to protect from scratching, breaking and noise.

Also some more changes in the prototype .. more grommets for itx and m-atx.

Starts to look like something.

Also cut the heatfins again.

I personally like it.

Also an idea for the speakers.
I know speakers should be positioned in front but tested it and I don't notice it

Coincidence the finish of the sub is exactly the same as the desk powdercoating.

First some extra holes for the fan/pump controller.
Next prototype will have some mainboard grommets there.

Glad those trays are aluminum

Building in the speakers.

There won't be any cable visible from the speakerset when I hide the sub + all cables in the legs.

Measuring.

Adjusting the speakers for long M4's

And finishing it.

Too bad the cone is blue, anyone any idea if cones are paintable?

A solution so the fancontroller and RGB controller are ALWAYS on, no matter if there's one or two pc's running

Works perfectly

Extra power/reset buttons.
Next proto there will probably be a bracket here.

Also finished the holes for pump/fan cables.

For this build I will seal the unused 5.25" slots. Next proto this will be different.

The glue will be transparent when dried.

Cut away some in the grommets, looks better.

And some further again.

Still in love with the bottom mainboard covers

Time to move on with all sata cables.

Also found out I didn't have sata extension cables yet for the right system.

So ordered them too.

For the SSD rack I will use cheap Velcro, I would damage the SSD's with 3M velcro when removing them

Works perfect.

Because we didn't have PCI-covers yet I ordered these.

Because I chose real thick radiators because I thought I was going to do a single pc build I'm having small problems finding a spot for the second PSU.

Sleeving the yellow sata extension cables

Lets first use some black isolation tape.

Even if you only see 3cm .. .yellow .. no way

Also used the rubbers for the second PSU.

Lovely music while modding

Securing the pumps.

Tube ready to go, first fittings find their spot.

Had to remove mem again, quite narrow to get the fittings in properly

And a little further again.

Ok ... and then 11 days ago Asus requested if they could show 'Cross' on the Dutch Firstlook 2012 Event... not as a desk but built in their stand.
Off course, I was so honored! This only happens once a year!
And ... if I could built in the Maximus V Formula....
I did agree off course, been some real busy days the last week.
So at this moment I'm a bit behind on the log, so some photos could show up but will make this up this week!
For who does have pictures .. please hide them for a while

Except you forgot that l3p started from scratch with his builds and he EARNED the sponsorships, he literally crafts wonders and I am strongly convinced that many can't reproduce his level of craftsmanship.

His attention to details and unique touches like the Corsair SSD rack or utilizing original pieces of the Mars II cooler on the custom waterblock make his build above top notch.

Nice pics, and I see a bag from a store with "7 certainties", lol (the yellow Jumbo bag). A future sponsor?
I cannot click on a thanks button, unfortunately (the thank-spamming prevention has kicked in).